Perspectives are different frameworks from which to explore the knowledge around sustainable sanitation and water management. Perspectives are like filters: they compile and structure the information that relate to a given focus theme, region or context. This allows you to quickly navigate to the content of your particular interest while promoting the holistic understanding of sustainable sanitation and water management.
Award nomination report of a project undertaken in India for supplying drinking water continuously, through deep assessment of the water system and various optimization measures.
DAHASAHASRA, S.V. (2008): Hydraulic Model for Transforming Intermittent into Continuous (24x7) Water Supply System in Badlapur Municipal Council (Award Paper). Administrative Staff College of India (ASCI), Ministry of Urban Development Government of India, Confederation of Indian Industry. [Accessed: 26.07.2010] PDF
Case study of collaboration between the US EPA and the Earth Conservation Corps, a youth led organization, in protecting and cleaning the Anacostia Watershed in Washington DC, USA.
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (2008): Lead Community Efforts Toward a Cleaner, Greener Anacostia Watershed. URL [Accessed: 26.07.2010]The webpage of the “Rural Water Supply Network” is a good example for how to create an interactive homepage. There is a lot of information given on the page, but visitors do also have the possibility to register for a newsletter and to take part in actual discussions.
Part of a guide and sourcebook on urban water supplies focusing on Asia. This chapter introduces sanitation and sewerage.
MCINTOSH, A.C. (2003): Chapter 10. Sanitation. In: MCINTOSH, A.C. ; (2003): Asian Water Supplies. Reaching the Urban Poor. . URL [Accessed: 26.07.2010]
This paper reviews and describes the implementation of WSP implemented at Water Supply System in Portugal.
VIEIRA, J.M.P. (2005): Water safety plans: methodologies for risk assessment and risk management in drinking-water systems. In: The Fourth Inter-Celtic Colloquium on Hydrology and Management of Water Resources: URL [Accessed: 25.07.2010]This official site of WASTE Advisers on Urban Environment and Development, an organization based in Netherlands that specializes in solid waste management in ecological sanitation, has several documents on organic waste management and composting.
This is the site of Department of Water and Sanitation in Developing Countries (SANDEC) of EAWAG, the Swiss research institute for aquatic science and technology, contains several publications on decentralized composting. It also includes publications on anaerobic digestion of organic waste.
This is the official site of the Cornell Waste Management Institute, which serves the public through research, outreach, training, and technical assistance, with a focus on organic residuals.
This site contains information on Decentralized Solid Waste Management (DESWAM), which is one of the working areas of Bremen Overseas Development Association (BORDA), Germany and their partner organizations, mainly BALI FOKUS in Indonesia and EXNORA in India.
This site describes the work of Waste Concern, an NGO based in Bangladesh, which has designed and implemented decentralized composting projects in several Asian Cities. It contains lots of information on how to do decentralised composting, as well as publications.
This site is a mine of information on composting, for beginners as well as experts. Although most of the information is based on experiences from developed countries, it can be useful for developing countries as well.
This is the official site of Environment and Public Health Organization (ENPHO), which has some information on home compost bins that are promoted in Nepal as well as other information on ENPHO.
This book is a collection of contributions from specialists in key areas, which have been identified, to aid the successful implementation of the Water Safety Plans. The book is divided into two sections: section one addresses the prerequisites required prior to establishing a WSP and section two focuses on the supporting programmes required to ensure effective risk management is achieved.
GODFREY, S. HOWARD, G. (2005): Water Safety Plans (WSP) Book2 Supporting Water Safety Management for Urban Piped Water Supplies in Developing Countries. UK: WEDC, Loughborough University URL [Accessed: 23.07.2010]
The book is designed to guide the user through the process of developing Water Safety Plans (WSP). It provides a simple step-by-step approach to developing WSPs for operators and managers of piped water supplies. At each stage, the principles of the stage are outlined as well as methods and tools required to achieve these principles. Each section ends with a summary of key competencies achieved from each stage.
GODFREY, S. HOWARD, G. (2004): Water Safety Plans (WSP) for Urban Piped Water Supplies in Developing Countries. UK: WEDC, Loughborough University URL [Accessed: 23.07.2010]
This document explains how to reuse water and wastewater in Industry.
MCYINTRE, J.P. (2006): Industrial Water Reuse and Wastewater Minimization. Trevose: GeWater URL [Accessed: 23.07.2010]